diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 5eb564f0fc4..3cd552b21a3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@
 		<webjars-hal-browser.version>3325375</webjars-hal-browser.version>
 		<webjars-locator-core.version>0.36</webjars-locator-core.version>
 		<wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
-		<xml-apis.version>1.4.01</xml-apis.version>
 		<xmlunit2.version>2.6.2</xmlunit2.version>
 		<!-- Plugin versions -->
 		<build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.0.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
@@ -2053,12 +2052,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
 				<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
-				<exclusions>
-					<exclusion>
-						<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-						<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-					</exclusion>
-				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
@@ -2069,12 +2062,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
 				<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
-				<exclusions>
-					<exclusion>
-						<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-						<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-					</exclusion>
-				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
@@ -3058,11 +3045,6 @@
 				<artifactId>wsdl4j</artifactId>
 				<version>${wsdl4j.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-				<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-				<version>${xml-apis.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 	<build>